William sidebotham



(No Model.)

W. SIDEBOTHAM. HOOP BOOT AND PAD.

No. 519,822. Patented May 15,1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM SIDEBOTHAM, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HOOF BOOT AND PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 519,822, dated May 15,1894.

Application filed August 19, 1893- Renewed April 19, 1894- SerialNo.508.230. (No model.)

To a whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM SIDEBOTHAM, of New York, in the county ofNew York and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Horse-Boots; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same..

My invention relates to horse boots, and its novelty consists in theconstruction and adaptation of the parts as will be more fullyhereinafter pointed out.

The object of my invention is to provide a horse boot which may bequickly putin place or removed, which shall contain and retain securelyin placeasponge whereby the bottom of the hoof may be moistened orotherwise treated, and which shall be cheap and durable.

In brief, my invention consists of a bottom metallic shoe made offlanged sections each having a continuous top surface, adjustablysecured together and adapted to support a sponge and provided with aflexible jacket for attaching the device to the hoof.

1n the drawings Figure l is a perspective view of my device ready toreceive the horses foot but without the sponge. Fig. 2 isa front View ofthe hoof with the boot in section. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of themetallic sole with the jacket removed and Fig. 4: is a bottom plan viewof the same.

In the drawings, S represents a metallic sole made in two sections, Aand B, each of which is curved to correspond with the curve of the hoof,and which are pivotally connected at c by a rivet, or in any othersuitable manner. Each section consists of three parts made integral, awide bottom plate at, a vertical side plate y and a narrower curved top2, and their adjustment in relation to each other is secured by means ofthe curved slotted metal strap D and set screw E. 'Outside of themetallic sole is a flexible jacket J made of any suitable material butpreferably of rubber or leather and secured to the sole by rivets, as r,and adapted to be secured to the hoof by means of straps and buckles Fand F.

In using my device, the sections A and B are first placed in properrelation to suit the size of the hoof by means of the slotted strap Dand nut E. A sponge is then saturated with waterorother desiredmaterialand placed over the bottom plates 00 and between the sections Aand B. The boot is then strapped to the horses foot. The sponge iscrushed downward by the pressure of the foot but as such pressure cannotbe extended beyond the plane of the top plates 2 the moisture cannot besqueezed out.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new is-- A horse bootconsisting of an outside flexible jacket provided with suitable meansfor securing the same to the foot, and of an inside metallic sole madein two sections pivoted together and provided with means for radialadjustment, each section consisting of a broad bottom plate, a verticalplate, and a narrow curved top plate having a continuous top surface tosupport the hoof, the whole adapted to inclose a sponge under the pad ofthe hoof and to subject it to a limited pressure, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof Ihave signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

WM. RAEMOND BAIRD, JAMES T. BROWN.

